So thankful to all of you and your well wishes regarding the news I shared.
There is something I've thought about many times since receiving the news I was pregnant.

I remembered the frustration I felt of the diagnosis of "unexplained infertility". There was no technical reason we should not have been able to conceive, yet we couldn't.

I thought about those years of infertility and what a nightmare it was.

I remembered days of pregnancy tests that were negative.

I remembered attending baby showers for others and feeling the sting of pain

I remembered the tears I would shed each month when my hopes would be dashed.

But yet every moment of that pain brought me to this moment of joy.

For if we hadn't walked through infertility, the blessing of this baby wouldn't even have been an option.

I've shared this quote before but will share it again:

Maybe the scene of your greatest disappointment could be the setting for your most powerful miracle.
-Steven Furtick

The "scene" of infertility was definitely ones of life's greatest disappointments for my husband and I both.

Yet God took every bit of that pain, collected every tear, and He turned it into this-the most powerful of miracles.

I could've never known what I was walking through then would transform what I'm walking through now.

The tears I sowed then is the joy I'm reaping now.

That is the way God works. He never, ever, ever wastes our pain.

Ever.

Of course it is no replacement for what I've lost. But I trust in His plan and I trust in His promises.

I'm watching them unfold before my very own eyes.

What an amazing author He is.

So thankful we can trust Him with our stories. He writes them far better than I ever could.

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Sarah Rodriguez Rhodes

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Ellis Update: Today was a hard morning, guys. We got to the hospital & things just felt all wrong. I don’t know how to explain it other than that. Then the anesthesiologist had issues with some secretions Ellis was having that we were told amplified her risk during the surgery while under anesthesia. Given the past things we’ve walked through, we just decided it wasn’t a risk we were at all willing to take. So we made the decision to go home, re-group & do the surgery another day. Since the surgery is elective we had our medical teams full support in this decision. We are home now & doing well. This wasn’t an easy decision to make. For months we’ve prepared mentally, emotionally, schedule-wise, financially etc for this day. But we have to be lead by peace. And if those giving her medical care also weren’t completely at peace, it just wasn’t the right time, for whatever reason. I don’t always understand the “why” but I won’t always & I’m ok with that. We appreciate your prayers & promise to keep you informed of when her surgery will be in the coming months. Also, the day wasn’t a complete loss...Ellis did get to hang with the cute hospital dog-so at least that part was a win ☺️ Looking for some kind of humor-it’s been a rough day.

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